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Lightning and heavy rain have killed at least 69 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan in the past three days, as authorities in both countries declare states of emergency.
Local officials in Pakistan’s Eastern Punjab Province said most of the deaths there occurred when lightning struck farmers harvesting wheat and rains caused houses to collapse.
The province’s disaster management authority said more rain was expected this week.
Heavy downpours also lashed the capital, Islamabad, and killed seven people in South-Western Baluchistan Province over the weekend.
Eight others died in North-Western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province bordering Afghanistan.
(ABC News)
